[Andy3131]

Not exactly. There is still Aviva, as long as the drivers have $2,000,000 liability.
They have also signed up a bunch of taxi drivers, who already have insurance.
Spoke to a rider yesterday, that requested an UberX and a Co-Op cab picked him up

I have the Aviva product and 2M liability. Bad news for Uber, we are leaving for the Atlantic on July 14th and won't be back until August 7th. I am probably one of the 1000 drivers they will have after July 15th.

 

[ladydriven]

The times they are a changing, do you think Intact will allow unlimited hours? Limited drivers will make for unhappy customers, yes those working will have more work, but it will be very stressful, will see what uber does with poo as drivers will avoid poo even more than before

 

[Harry70]

Intact will insure all uber operation simple : it has nothing to with the driver so we don't have to worry about it : it's uber operation they r insuring with certain premium not individual drivers and cars : by virtue of that when ever we are on uber job driver,rider ,car ,third party all be insured full stop

 

[ladydriven]

Aviva is hourly based. Rideshare was supposed to be part time work.

 

[lndnonuberdriver]

Intact will insure all uber operation simple : it has nothing to with the driver so we don't have to worry about it : it's uber operation they r insuring with certain premium not individual drivers and cars : by virtue of that when ever we are on uber job driver,rider ,car ,third party all be insured full stop

I have been following what's been happening in Toronto, even though I'm in London. London will be similar to Toronto, I suspect. Toronto has already said MTO safety and proof of 2M insurance commercial/rideshare. Uber's business policy will not cover you and neither will your personal auto insurance. Uber will be collecting the proof of policy and submitting it to the city just like the MTO cert. I'm ready here in London with an Aviva policy. Uber will shut you off without the correct policy in place.
Saying anything else is disingenuous.

 

[Harry70]

I have been following what's been happening in Toronto, even though I'm in London. London will be similar to Toronto, I suspect. Toronto has already said MTO safety and proof of 2M insurance commercial/rideshare. Uber's business policy will not cover you and neither will your personal auto insurance. Uber will be collecting the proof of policy and submitting it to the city just like the MTO cert. I'm ready here in London with an Aviva policy. Uber will shut you off without the correct policy in place.
Saying anything else is disingenuous.

If that would have been the case uber would have informed all the driver to get insurance themselves : uber fleet policy is under approval, if doesn't get approved uber will stop it's operations in toronto or try to get the extension; policy u talking about its already in place which will modified in a way that every uber ride is covered according to city guidelines

 

[uber fool]

If that would have been the case uber would have informed all the driver to get insurance themselves : uber fleet policy is under approval, if doesn't get approved uber will stop it's operations in toronto or try to get the extension; policy u talking about its already in place which will modified in a way that every uber ride is covered according to city guidelines

What he said

 

[Token44]

All we know for sure at this point is that there's a lot of uncertainty. LOL!
We'll all find out exactly how this will work going forward in less than 2 weeks.
Until then, everything is just speculation.

 

[pedro_pendukot]

I think it's a given fact that more and more drivers will stop Uberring after July 15. Up to now, no word regarding rideshare insurance requirements. How will Uber expect its drivers to swiftly switched to Intact from their respective existing insurance? Why is Uber still quiet about it? Do they know that once they implemented the new insurance which is probably costly since it is more or less commercial in nature, then lots of drivers will quit!

 

[Harry70]

If that would have been the case uber would have informed all the driver to get insurance themselves : uber fleet policy is under approval, if doesn't get approved uber will stop it's operations in toronto or try to get the extension; policy u talking about its already in place which will modified in a way that every uber ride is covered according to city guidelines

 

[UberxGTA]

Aviva is hourly based. Rideshare was supposed to be part time work.

simply no,that was aviva's view, not the view of the rideshare industry.

 

[UberxGTA]

I think it's a given fact that more and more drivers will stop Uberring after July 15. Up to now, no word regarding rideshare insurance requirements. How will Uber expect its drivers to swiftly switched to Intact from their respective existing insurance? Why is Uber still quiet about it? Do they know that once they implemented the new insurance which is probably costly since it is more or less commercial in nature, then lots of drivers will quit!

Read the news about Intact insurance in Alberta. The same insurance product will be coming to Ontario, at no cost to drivers.

 

[UberxGTA]

Not exactly. There is still Aviva, as long as the drivers have $2,000,000 liability.
They have also signed up a bunch of taxi drivers, who already have insurance.
Spoke to a rider yesterday, that requested an UberX and a Co-Op cab picked him up

What some taxi drivers(rogue taxis) are doing is they are trying to steal uberx pax from the uberx drivers. The pax requests a uberx ride but a taxi driver driving a fully marked taxi shows up. They have been doing this since the beginning. These taxi drivers are using the taxi owners resources(gas, wear and tear on vehicle) to their advantage. They are not paying these expenses, the owners are.
These rogue taxis have signed up under the uberx with a personal vehicle to be able to do this but they rely on pax ignorance to get away with it or they cancel immediately and try to get pax to ride and pay the regular taxi rates.
They cancel so there is no trace of the ride and the pax can't complain to uber about them. It's all the usual immoral and unethical behavior of your local taxi drivers.
All uberx drivers should tell their pax to never take an uberx ride in a marked taxi because of fore mentioned reasons. Pax should also try to record the driver info on their app to report to Uber before rogue taxi cancels or try to take the ride if taxi driver lets them and complain to Uber after!!!!

The Uber promotion for taxi drivers is for them to drive their own personal vehicles, NOT marked taxis.

 

[math0505]

Uber taxi has tip option by default it is 20% and the Pax can not change unless they sign in from computer or website.
And if they pax make it zero than Uber % is 10% and also the 1.5 booking fee is not charged.
And yes the taxi driver got this option to take uber x pax if they feel the business is slow.I know one driver he s driving coop
And it is perfectly legal for them. They have every thing city need.
Only beck taxi do not alow their drivers to use uber even than 80% percent driver use it

 

[ladydriven]

Uber in Alberta advised all drivers they have to advise their insurance companies they are Ubering and to get rideshare insurance. It is a requirement to have proper insurance and you will have to supply Uber With proof you have it. You agree to do this in the new contract you sign with them. Currently in Canada only Aviva, Blair and Intact carry rideshare endorsement its around $20.00 extra a month if you have intact insurance. Also current intact policy is only for 2 million third party, and One million for the driver. The city of Toronto requires the driver to have two million. Ottawa wants 5 million third party. The basic intact policy does not cover those amounts. Who is going to pay the difference in individual jurisdictions? This would require Uber to have a different policy for every city or require drivers to pay extra if they wish to drive in more expensive jurisdictions. Insurance should be mandated by the province. This has come up in every taxi bylaw meeting. But so far Ontario has a patch work of requirement causing Uber one big headache. I'm sure this is where the hold up is

 

[UberxGTA]

I think it's a given fact that more and more drivers will stop Uberring after July 15. Up to now, no word regarding rideshare insurance requirements. How will Uber expect its drivers to swiftly switched to Intact from their respective existing insurance? Why is Uber still quiet about it? Do they know that once they implemented the new insurance which is probably costly since it is more or less commercial in nature, then lots of drivers will quit!

It's not up to Uber to approve the insurance.That's FSCO's job. When there is official news, Uber and Intact will make their respective announcements via news releases.

 

[Superduber]

I think any increase in earnings post July15th due to shortage of drivers will not last for long. Uber pax don't take Uber because they like being chauffeured, they do it because uber saves money. Pax are cheap.

I am sure you have heard many pax who say taking taxi is too much, so that is your cap on price. Uber cannot consistently be surging 2x or more or pax will adjust. They will just have to wake up earlier/leave earlier and ride TTC or take other cheap alternatives, for example car sharing. In fact I think car sharing is the biggest threat to Uber. In my area Car2Go is flooding the streets with their fleet of Smart cars + MB B-class. Car2Go already has almost 50,000 customers, and of course there are several other car share companies. Perpetual surges will just push pax to other things and perpetual surge will also attract more to drive for Uber.

 

[erexa]

1.2x surge decreases demand by 7%.
Imagine 2.0x surge...

 

[ap1342]

I don't look for surges, l don't care about surges. All I want is rides. If you can get 3 rides per hour depending on the distance by the way, you're good to go

 

[Karl Marx]

After July 15th will we see an increase in earnings due to lack of drivers?

My neighbour came back from downtown yesterday in a Beck with X rate. He hates the Go Train and he won't take a Uber X unless it has AC, he said he never tips. I think we'll see many new drivers and especially with the huge advert campaign that Uber launch a few weeks back in the GTA. I did notice that Surge was in effect in TO for most of the AM. I would not drive in this heat and especially with the added wear and tear the heat does to the car.